Thanks to a Pirate.

I have never been so excited by a cd box. Well, part of that might be the fact that I think this is the first cd box I have purchased. Odd, but wait until you hear the rest of it. I’ve only ben purchasing music since the fall of 2005(?). Before that I just collected what people gave me and buying the odd cd maybe once a year. My music background was, well, almost non-existence. My ex-boyfriend mocked me once since I didn’t know who the Ramones were. Shocking. My ex-boss took me to a Cramps concert, whom I also didn’t know but recognized during the course of the night( and came to realize they had been playing together longer than I was on this earth).

That was then, this is now and it’s a whole new story. No longer do I not know who the Ramones are, in fact I have them. Now, my music is limited only by the space on my hard drive. I currently have 511 artists and it would take me over 14 days to listen to it, all as well as having 58 different genres of music. This pales in comparison with most of my friends. But it’s a long way from two years ago.

The latest excitement is Arcade Fire’s “Neon Bible.” Today I bought my first box set and it was slick black box with a neon bible hologram that opens and closes. But the best thing about this box set besides a cd I can excited about, is the flip books. Yes, “Neon Bible” comes with two flip books. I have never been so amused by a flip book, probably because it was the last think I expected to find in the box.

I love surprises. I love music. It’s one of the few things I get excited about these day. Thank goodness for good music.